s0c0 Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Hello all, I'd like to setup remote monitoring of my server so I know when my server is down, apache is funkt up, postfix is wacky etc.. A quick google yielded plenty of results, but I am looking for something very bare bones. I'd like it basically to monitor if my server is up via pings or whatever and maybe a few services. If something goes down I'd like it to kick me a text message. That's all. The power must have went out at my house last night and stupid me doesn't have battery backups on his servers so I didn't realize my server was down for several hours after the incident...which sucks! So if you know of any cheap server (like a few bucks a month) please let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0c0 Posted May 14, 2007 Author Share Posted May 14, 2007 Gotta love php. I answered my own question. I found this service called teleflip that sends free sms to any number simply by emailing phonenumber@teleflip.com So I'll either use some existing php classes to monitor my server and run them every few minutes via cronjob or write my own. When the ismyserverup function returns false i'll just kick out an email to mynumber@teleflip.com, bam instant free and easy server monitoring and alert notification. I can use my existing hosting for my blog to run the script, generate the email, and setup the cronjob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 http://site24x7.com/index.html worked very well for me. Its free for the first month, and then reduces to a "free account". Apart from that - I use nagios for my server monitoring. I then use a handy vodasms script to txt me any emails from nagios. See: http://wiki.kartbuilding.net/index.php/Vodasms#Forward_Emails_via_SMS_Text_Message I use nagios for server and services monitoring: http://wiki.kartbuilding.net/index.php/Netsaint_/_Nagios and I use munin for server monitoring of cpu,disk,temps,connections,b/width etc.: http://wiki.kartbuilding.net/index.php/Munin_Statistics And lastly - I use smokeping to monitor the quality of the network connection. Hope thats of some help. Rgds, Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0c0 Posted May 14, 2007 Author Share Posted May 14, 2007 Nagios is great, but I need something on the outside looking in to let me know if my pipe goes down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Of course. Well a few Linux user groups will offer nagios monitoring of your server for free. The irish linux users group do exactly that for example. Best of Luck, -steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmanronald06 Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 http://phpnetadmin.netgeekz.net It is stream-lined for PHP Applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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